2 Jacksonville men indicted on separate human-trafficking charges

Two Jacksonville men have been indicted on separate human-trafficking offenses, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Clive Sephas Nelson, 23, was charged with the commercial sex trafficking of a minor female between about Nov. 29 to about Dec. 15, according to prosecutors.

He was indicted Wednesday but had already been arrested Dec. 16 by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office on charges of producing or promoting sexual performance by a child younger than 18 and possession of marijuana. He remains in jail on $595,000 bail, according to jail records.

In the second indictment, 29-year-old Erick George Brooks is accused of commercial sex trafficking of an adult female through force, threats of force, fraud and coercion between December 2012 and late May.

Brooks was indicted Nov. 14 and arrested Dec. 4. He is awaiting trial scheduled for Feb. 3, according to prosecutors. He also was arrested Nov. 28 by the Sheriff's Office on a charge of possession of marijuana and released to federal authorities Dec. 4, according to jail records.

Neither case is related. But if convicted, both face maximum penalties of life in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Both cases resulted from investigations conducted by a joint human trafficking task force from the FBI and the Sheriff's Office.

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